AMD Ryzen 9 9900X vs Intel Core i9 10940X

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AMD Ryzen 9 9900X

Intel Core i9 10940X

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 9900X with 12 cores 4.4GHz and Intel Core i9 10940X with 14 cores 3.3GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 9 9900X 's Advantages

Released 4 years and 8 months late

Integrated graphics card

Higher specification of memory (5600 vs 2933)

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 3.0)

Higher base frequency (4.4GHz vs 3.3GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 20MB)

More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (120W vs 165W)

Intel Core i9 10940X 's Advantages

Larger memory bandwidth (93.8GB/s vs 89.6GB/s)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 9900X +80%

2232

Intel Core i9 10940X

1234

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 9900X +53%

32626

Intel Core i9 10940X

21309

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 9900X +127%

3342

Intel Core i9 10940X

1471

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 9900X +73%

19527

Intel Core i9 10940X

11287

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 9900X +73%

4648

Intel Core i9 10940X

2686

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 9900X +92%

53832

Intel Core i9 10940X

27907

AMD Ryzen 9 9900X

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Intel Core i9 10940X

General Parameters

Jun 2024

Release Date

Oct 2019

Amd

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)

Core Architecture

Cascade Lake

-

Processor Number

i9-10940X

AM5

Socket

LGA-2066

Radeon Graphics

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Ryzen 9 (Zen 5 (Granite Ridge))

Generation

-

Package

4 nm

Manufacturing Process

14 nm

120 W

Power Consumption

165 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

86 °C

TSMC

Foundry

-

6 nm

I/O Process Size

-

CPU Performance

12

Performance Cores

14

24

Performance Core Threads

28

4.4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.3 GHz

5.6 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.6 GHz

12

Total Core Count

14

24

Total Thread Count

28

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

44x

Multiplier

33x

80 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

1 MB per core

L2 Cache

1 MB per core

64 MB shared

L3 Cache

20 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

1

SMP

-

Memory Parameters

DDR5-5600

Memory Types

DDR4-2933

192 GB

Max Memory Size

256 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

4

89.6 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

93.8 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

No

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

-

MHz

GPU Base Frequency

-

2200 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

-

2

Execution Units

-

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 9 9900X

Official Website

Intel Core i9 10940X

5.0

PCIe Version

3.0

28

PCIe Lanes

48

-

Extended Instruction Set

SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512

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